International Loran Association 
Medal of Merit Recipients

The Medal of Merit is given in recognition of contributions of outstanding value to the development or fostering of loran. The ILA predecessor organization, the Wild Goose Association, initiated the medal, and its logo continued on this award through 2002, when "International Loran Association" lettering was introduced.

 

 

1976 

 

Gen. John D. LaVelle, USAF

 

1995

 

Robert W. Lilley

1977 

Robert L. Frank

1996 

Durk van Willigen

1978 

Lloyd D. Higginbotham

1997 

David Last

 

Vernon L. Johnson

1998 

G. Linn Roth

1979 

Capt. Loren E. Brunner, USCG

1999 

Langhorne Bond

1980 

Walter N. Dean

2000 

Terje H. Jørgensen

1981 

James P. Van Etten

 

Capt. Benjamin B. Peterson, USCG (Ret)

1982 

J. Ralph Johler

 2001

 Wolfgang Lechner

1983 

R. Michael Eaton

 2002

James Carroll 

1984 

John M. Beukers

 2003

Gerard Offermans 

1985 

James I. Meranda

 

Arthur Helwig

1986 

RAdm. Alfred P. Manning, USCG

2004

Captain Richard J. Hartnett, USCG

1987 

Paul R. Johannessen

2005

Mitchell Narins, FAA

1988 

William L. Polhemus

 

Thomas Gunther, BAH

1989 

Maurice J. Moroney

 

 

 

George H. Quinn

 

 

1991 

Jesse Pipkin

 

 

1992 

Norman Matthews

 

 

1993

James F. Culbertson

 

 

 

Leo F. Fehlner

 

 

1994

Edward L. McGann

 

 

 

William F. Roland